East Asia & the Pacific
IFC’s work in East Asia and the Pacific supports greater inclusion, green growth, and cross-border engagements. We back local capital markets, including through climate finance and green bonds.
In FY19, our long-term commitments in the region totaled about $3.6 billion, including $2.1 billion mobilized from other investors. Our clients disbursed 15.2 million loans to micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises, totaling over $213 billion.
FY19 Development Results
Numbers at the left end of each bar are the total number of companies rated.
Project Financing and Portfolio, by Region
| East Asia & the Pacific $ millions, for the year ending June 30 |
FY191 |
|---|---|
| Long-term investment commitments | 1,575 |
| Loans | 1,197 |
| Equity | 171 |
| Guarantees and risk management | 208 |
| Core mobilization* | 2,061 |
| Total commitments | 3,636 |
| Portfolio Exposure** for IFC's account | 9,311 |
| Committed portfolio for loan syndications*** | 3,196 |
| Total committed portfolio | 12,507 |
* Including Loan Syndications (B-Loans, Parallel Loans, and MCPP Loans), IFC Initiatives, AMC, Other Mobilization by Decision, and Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) Mobilization, as applicable for this Region. ** Portfolio exposure is defined as the sum of the (i) committed exposure for IFC’s debt investments, (ii) fair market value of IFC’s equity investments, and (iii) total undisbursed equity commitments. *** Including B-Loans, Agented Parallel Loans, MCPP Loans, Unfunded Risk Participations (URP), Credit Insurance Policies (CIP), and A-Loan Participations (ALPS). 1 Excludes individual country shares of regional and global projects.
Development Reach
| East Asia & the Pacific | Portfolio | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| CY17 | CY18 | ||
| MSME loans (# of loans)1 | 16,256,278 | 15,166,171 | |
| MSME loans (amount in $ millions)1 | 209,695 | 213,091 | |
| Power generation (millions of people) | 4.2 | 11.6 | |
| Water distribution (millions of people)2 | 9.6 | 9.7 | |
| Power distribution (millions of people)3 | 1.6 | 2.3 | |
| Phone connections (millions of people) | 9.1 | 9.6 | |
| Farmers reached | 712,237 | 877,852 | |
| Patients served | 143,707 | 2,148,183 | |
| Students reached | 48,589 | 323,982 | |
| Employment | 554,214 | 364,399 | |
| Domestic purchase of goods and services ($ millions) | 5,690 | 8,656 | |
| Payments to governments ($ millions) | 1,758 | 2,377 | |
1 Portfolio reach figures represent the micro, small, and medium outstanding loan portfolio of IFC's financial institution clients with MSME-oriented finance. 2 One client in East Asia & the Pacific contributed 6.8 million to water distribution customers reached. 3 One client in East Asia & the Pacific contributed 2.4 million gas distribution customers reached.
Largest Country Exposures
| Portfolio Exposure ($ millions)1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank within Region | Country | FY18 | FY19 |
| 1 | China | 4,277 | 3,832 |
| 2 | Vietnam | 1,034 | 1,168 |
| 3 | Indonesia | 1,108 | 1,101 |
Based on IFC's account, as of June 30
1 Excludes individual country shares of regional and global projects.
